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NJ Police Officer, Expectant Father Samuel Irvin Dies Suddenly At 23 NJ Police Officer, Expectant Father Samuel Irvin Dies Suddenly At 23
NJ Police Officer, Expectant Father Samuel Irvin Dies Suddenly At 23 Tributes and condolences are pouring in after the sudden death of a Central Jersey patrolman and expectant father. Samuel Cooper Irvin, a Columbus resident and a member of the Mansfield Police Department in Burlington County, died Sunday, July 23. He was 23 years old. Samuel attended Northern Burlington Regional High School, where he played baseball, football, and basketball before graduating in 2018, his obituary says. He went on to earn his AAS from Mercer County Community College, as well as a BA in Criminal Justice from Wilmington University. Most recently, he graduated from the Glou…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole
Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka took with him the pride of those he served as he gasped his final breath on a Paramus hospital floor on Jan. 7, 1979. Only 32 years old and already a 10-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, he was a proud sentry who protected others from the horrors of crime. But while guarding a dangerous prisoner at what was then known as Bergen Pines Hospital (now Bergen New Bridge Medical Center), Rybka was suddenly and viciously attacked. Stephen Perry, an offender with a huge list of offenses, was at the hospital after being wounded in a shootout with Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco